ANAHEIM, Calif.—Corey Perry scored the deciding goal in the shootout as the Anaheim Ducks rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.
After Perry opened the shootout by beating Colorado goalie Peter Budaj, Anaheim’s Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped all three Colorado shooters to secure the Ducks’ seventh victory in eight games.
Trailing 2-1, the Ducks tied the game when Rob Niedermayer deflected a shot by Chris Pronger past Budaj with 10:37 to play.
The loss was the fifth straight for Colorado. The Avalanche had not previously lost five consecutive games in nearly ten years since dropping six from March 30-April 11, 1998.
Teemu Selanne also scored his second goal of the season for the Ducks, who have won all three meetings between the teams this season.
Colorado got second-period goals from Jeff Finger and Andrew Brunette for a 2-1 lead before Niedermayer tied the game.
Giguere made 26 saves.
The Ducks took a 1-0 lead with when Chris Kunitz made a no-look pass between his legs from the edge of the crease to Selanne on the right post for a tap-in goal during the second of back-to-back power plays 13:31 into the first.
The Ducks are 6-1 since Selanne, who led Anaheim with 48 goals last season, finally returned Feb. 5 after considering retirement for the first four months of the season.
Notes:@ The Ducks lost C Ryan Carter with a bruised right forearm in the first period. He will be further evaluated Thursday. … Avalanche defenseman Kyle Cumiskey returned after missing 17 games with a groin injury. … Leading Colorado scorer Paul Stastny has also been out the lineup since January 15 with a groin injury, he could return shortly. … Center Joe Sakic practiced with the team in Denver Tuesday and should return to the lineup during the road trip. Sakic has not played since suffering a groin injury on November 30. He underwent sports hernia surgery on December 28. … Ducks C Doug Weight remains sidelined with a shoulder strain.
